# 泌

| 泌 | U+6CCC, &#27852; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CCC |
| ← 泋 [U+6CCB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 泍 → [U+6CCD] |
| 泌 | U+F968, &#63848; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F968 |
| ← 不 [U+F967] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 數 → [U+F969] |

## Translingual
### Han character

泌 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水心竹 (EPH), four-corner 3310$_0$, composition ⿰氵必)
* to seep out, excrete

#### Derived characters

* 𭓻

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 615, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17279
* Dae Jaweon: page 1009, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1595, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6CCC
* Unihan data for U+F968

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 泌 | *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 秘 | *mpriɡs |
| 毖 | *priɡs |
| 閟 | *priɡs |
| 柲 | *priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鉍 | *priɡs, *priɡ |
| 邲 | *priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 覕 | *pliŋs, *mbliːɡ |
| 咇 | *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 苾 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 馝 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 飶 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鴓 | *mbliːɡ |
| 鮅 | *pliɡ, *bliɡ |
| 必 | *pliɡ |
| 珌 | *pliɡ |
| 佖 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 駜 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 怭 | *bliɡ |
| 妼 | *bliɡ |
| 宓 | *mriɡ, *mliɡ |
| 樒 | *mriɡ |
| 密 | *mriɡ |
| 蔤 | *mriɡ |
| 滵 | *mriɡ |
| 蜜 | *mliɡ |
| 謐 | *mliɡ |
| 榓 | *mliɡ |
| 淧 | *mliɡ |
| 瑟 | *smriɡ, *smriɡ |
| 璱 | *sriɡ |
| 飋 | *sriɡ |
| 虙 | *blɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 必 (OC *pliɡ).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mì (mi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bi$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^3$
*** Yale: bei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
*** Hakka Romanization System: bi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
*** Tâi-lô: pì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bi$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pì
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit泌 (分泌) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /mi⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /mi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pi⁵³/ /mi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /mi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /mi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /mi²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /mi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /mji²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /mi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /mi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /mi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /mi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /mi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /mi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /mi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pz̩⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /miəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | |
| Jin | Hohhot | /miəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pi³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /pi⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /pi⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /pi²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pi³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /mi²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /pʰi⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pi⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pit̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pei³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pi³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pei³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pi²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pɛi²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /mi²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pi²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /mit̚⁵/ |

#### Definitions

泌
* to secrete

#### Compounds

* 內分泌 / 内分泌 (nèifēnmì)
* 內分泌腺 / 内分泌腺
* 分泌 (fēnmì)
* 分泌系統 / 分泌系统
* 外分泌腺
* 泌乳 (mìrǔ)
* 泌尿 (mìniào)
* 泌尿器 (mìniàoqì)
* 泌尿外科 (mìniào wàikē)
* 泌尿管 (mìniàoguǎn)
* 泌水孔
* 泌滲 / 泌渗
* 溢泌
* 腸泌素 / 肠泌素

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì, mì (bi$^4$, mi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄇㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^6$ / bai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^6$ / bai$^3$
*** Yale: baht / bai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^9$ / bai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^6$ / bei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚²/, /pɐi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: bjit, pijH
Rime :
| Character | 泌 | 泌 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 毗必切 | 兵媚切 |
| Baxter | bjit | pijH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biɪt̚/ | /pˠiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bit̚/ | /pᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjet̚/ | /piɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bit̚/ | /pji$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /biĕt̚/ | /pji$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭĕt̚/ | /pi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ĕt̚/ | /pi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bí | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bat$^6$ | bei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bliɡ/, /*mpriɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 泌 | 泌 |
| Reading # | 3/3 | 1/3 |
| No. | 583 | 552 |
| Phonetic component | 必 | 必 |
| Rime group | 質 | 至 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邲 | 祕 |
| Old Chinese | /*bliɡ/ | /*mpriɡs/ |

#### Definitions

泌
* (obsolete) spring water
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Bì zhī yángyáng, kě yǐ liáojī. [Pinyin]
    By the wimpling stream from my fountain, I can joy amid my hunger.
* Used in place names.
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 泌丘
* 泌水
* 泌水樂飢 / 泌水乐饥
* 泌陽 / 泌阳 (Bìyáng, “Biyang”)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì, mì (bi$^4$, mi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ, ㄇㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$
*** Yale: bāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pit
Rime :
| Character | 泌 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (49) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 鄙密切 |
| Baxter | pit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pjit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pjĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*priɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 泌 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 572 |
| Phonetic component | 必 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 筆 |
| Old Chinese | /*priɡ/ |

#### Definitions

泌
* Used in 泌瀄／泌𰛤.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)、ひち (hichi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)、ひつ (hitsu, Jōyō)
* Kun: にじむ (nijimu, 泌む)、ながれる (nagareru)、しみる (shimiru, 泌みる)

## Korean
### Hanja

泌 (eumhun 샘물 졸졸 흐를 비 (saemmul joljol heureul bi))
* hanja form of 비 (“seeping out, excretion”)

#### Compounds

* 분비물 (分泌物, bunbimul, “secretion”)
* 비뇨기과 (泌尿器科, binyogigwa, “urology”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

泌: Hán Nôm readings: tiết, tất
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